Author Archive for: erikvogel

Erik's start was in 1980, flying right seat on a de Havilland Twin Otter, where he logged almost 1500 hours. This enabled him to fly again part-time as a first officer in the late 90s on a local commuter airline that operated a harbour-to-harbour service—while he was also employed in his new career as a firefighter. This lasted three years, until new management brought a return to "old style" pressures and he quit commercial aviation once again. He recently renewed his medical and is enjoying recreational flying now in a friend's Piper Warrior. He has just over 3000 hours total time.